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Thanks for this. I always thought the ground did not count!! Obviously, I have been in error for years about this!!

Hi Ross,

Yours is indeed a Perthshire aladdin's cave, too but a later example. Hence the differences... In the later example, I had seen before there was a bit of a signature cane (i.e. with a 'p') in the mix of canes. I don't know whether it was intentional or not, but it was easier to ID (as the label had long gone...).

All I really know is that Paul Ysart multi-layer Harlequin weights were:- bubbles over single layer = Harlequin (implies single Harlequin)- second layer with bubbles and "legs" reaching down to base layer = Double Harlequin- third layer with bubbles and "legs" reaching down to second layer, whith "legs" down to base layer = Triple Harlequin

I have one example of what I call a "double-layer Aladdins Cave", and the base layer of canes are set immediately onto the dark coloured ground. So it looks like two layers but with the base layer consisting of both opaque "black" and cane bits.

The book on Perthshire Paperweights does not clearly show a profile view of any "Aladdins Cave" weight but talks about things like "two layers and a coloured ground". What that really means needs confirmation.